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Box MAKING VISB.

No. 525,501. Patented Sept. 4, 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILL O. KNAUER, OF WOODLAND, AND ARTHUR V. TYLER, OF

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.

BOX-MAKING vise.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 525,501, dated September 4, 1 894.

Application filed January 10,1894. Serial No. 496r (No model.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILL 0. KNAUER, residing at Woodland, county of Yolo, and ARTHUR V. TYLER, residing at Sacramento, county of Sacramento, State of California, citizens of the United States, have invented an Improvement in Box-Making Vises; and we hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

Our invention relates to that class of devices used in the manufacture of boxes, in which suitable clamps, rests and stops are employed to hold and adjust the parts of the box during the operation of nailing.

Our invention consists in the novel constructions, arrangements and combinations of the parts of the vise hereinafter described and specifically claimed. 4

The object of our invention is to provide a vise or clamp of simple construction, adapted to hold the loose parts of the box until they are partially joined and to receive and accurately adjust the box during the further processes of putting its parts together, and finally to adapt the device to different sizes of boxes.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a. more complete explanation of our invention,--Figure 1 is a perspective view of our box-making vise. Fig. 2 is a perspective detail showing the application of the third resting bar b. Fig. 3 is a cross section. Fig. 4 is a detail of guides 2'.

Upon a table or bench A is properly and rigidly secured the bed B of our vise. Across each end of the bed is secureda resting bar I), the upper surface of which is suitably protected by a metallic wearing plate I).

C are clamps, one at each end. These are fitted over the resting bars I) and are adapted to be moved to and from said bars, these movements being simultaneous in opposite directions and effected by means of the intermediate lever D pivoted to the bed at d, and controlled at its other end by a spring d. To this lever on one side of its pivot point is connected the yoke E which extends to and is connected with one of the clamps C.

To the lever D, on the other side of its pivot point, is connected a link e, to the other end of which is connected a yoke E, the ends of which are connected with the other clamp C. The extremities of both yokes pass freely through ways or grooves in the resting bars b, and are connected with angled stops 0 secured to the outer surfaces of the clamps, said stops resting on the bed B and serving as sup ports for the clamps as well as stops for 1imiting their inward movement upon the resting bars. The end of the lever D projects sufficiently beyond the bench A to enable the operator to conveniently press upon it with his body, and it will be seen that by pressing it over in one direction, the clamps C will be forced outwardly away from the vertical planes of their respective resting bars; and upon relieving the lever, the spring d will re-' turn the clamps inwardly to their normal position over the edge of the resting bars, in which position they are limited by their stops 0.

Upon the inner sides of the resting bars b rise fixed guides F. These are near one end. Other guides F, nearer the other end, are pivoted to the bars I) and are adapted to be turned from a vertical position to a horizontal position for purposes hereinafter described. Upon the inner ends of the resting bars b are vertical end stops G which are adjustable back and forth by means of having their feet slotted over their securing bolts 9 as shown..

In order to make the device applicable for various sizes of boxes, one of the endbarsof the bed B is made adjustable upon the side bars of said bed, this being efiected by means of slotting said side bars as shown at b and passing bolts b secured by nuts 1) down through said slots whereby the end bar of the bed may be moved back and forth over the side bars and tightened in any position desired. To conform to the adjustments of this end bar, the yoke E is connected adjust ably with its link e by means of slotting said link, as shown at e, and connecting the yoke E with it by a bolt c and further to conform to this adjustment the resting bar I) at that end is cut or grooved out as shown at b to enable it to passover the link e, and toallow said link to. play back and forth through it.

Some classes of boxes have a transverse partition. To provide for this we have a third resting bar 12 extending transversely of the bed B, and removably andadjustably Secured to said bed by means of bolts 11 passing down through the slots 17 of the sides of the bed. This resting bar when not in use is laid to one side, but when required may be quickly applied to the bed and adj ustably secured in the desired position for the transverse partitionof the box. This baris cut out at b to allow the passage of the link e and it has on its sides the uprising guides B, one of which is adjustable to and from the other by means.

of a slot h and bolt h. At theend of the bar is a standard I having at its top guides i, one,

taken and are set up on edge on the resting harsh and. are held in this position bythe clamps O pressing them against the guides F, F onthe inner sides of the resting bars.v Being thus held, one of the sides of the box, or, thetop .or bottom, as the case may be,.is then laid upon and nailed to the upper edges of the ends. The clampsare then relieved, and the partially completed box taken out and reversed. As it now has a side nailed to it which in thesecond position of the box is down,it isobvious that before being able to fit it upon the, resting bars I), the latter must be clear of the vertical guides F or F, and for this purpose we make the outermost guides F, as heretoforementioned, adapted to turn downwardly to a horizontal position;

and in this position the greater portion of the length of the resting bars is free, and the partially completed box may rest upon this unobstructed portion and there be held steady by the indrawing clamps. The opposite side of the box is now nailed on, and the operation is repeated for the remaining walls or sidesof the box. The end stops G limit and adjust the initialinsertion of the ends of the box, and saidstops by being made adjustable provide, for squaring up the box when necessary.

By means of the'adjustability of one of the end bars. of thebed and the parts which it carries, boxes of vdifi erent sizes may be made in the same vise. \Vhen abox has to be made whichhas a central partition the third transverse resting bar. b is secured in proper place on the bed. Upon it is placed the transverse partition, which. is held in an upright position by the guides H and i, the adjustability of said guides being for the purpose of accommodating different thicknesses of partitions. This partition is put in place at the same time that the ends are first placed, and the first .side or top or bottomis nailed to it, as well as ,to-said ends.

Having thus described our invention, what 7 we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a box making vise, thecombinatiom ally secured tonthesbed, one of said yokes .having its inner end secured to the lever at one Side of the p vet le nee ienlo t ilahil, ter, a slotted link pivoted to. said lever npen the opposite side .of the pivotaleonnectiou said lover, a meansv for adjustably thefouter end of said slotted link tothe I connected with one end of .tbeilever forlw,

.ner end of the, adjacent yoke, anda spring? turning it and theclamps to their iDit QIPOf,

sitions.

2. In a box making vise,the combination of a bed, having at each endresting bars to,

support the box, clamps. for holdin .box

on the resting bars, guides .on. said resting.

bars, pivotally secured and adapted to be turned from a verticahto a borizontalwposi tion to clear the resting bars andm'eans for operatingthe clamps consisting of the inter,

I mediate pivoted lever and the oppositely connected yokes joining the lever to theclamps, substantially as herein described.

3. In a box making vise, the combination of a bed, oppositely moving clampsat each.

10 f end thereof, and guidesopposing said 5 whereby the ends of the boxarereceived] turned from a vertical to a horizontal posi-- tion, whereby a partially completed .box rest upon an unobstructed portion of thew substantiallyas herein described.

4. In a box making vise, the combination of the bed, the'resting bars secured at each end thereof, clamps moving to and from said restingbars, and. the vertical guides F F on,

. andlheld upright, said guides adapted to the inner side of the restingbars and oppos-v.

ing the clamps, the guides F being adapted to turn from .a vertical to a horizontal boclear, the resting bars, substantially asiherein deal scribed.

5. A box making vise consisting of. a bed having at each end transverse resting bars for the ends of the boxto restupomand 0p 1 positely moving clamps for holding said ends and the box upon said resting bars,;and an.

intermediate transverse resting bar secured to the bedand having guides .for maintains inga transverse partition infan-upright pofor the ends of the box to rest upon and 0ppositely moving clamps for holding said ends and the box upon the resting bar and an intermediate transverse resting bar adj nstably secured to the bed and having guides for maintaining a transverse partition in an upright position substantially as herein described.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

WILL O. KNAUER. ARTHUR V. TYLER.

Witnesses: 7

CHARLES A. NEALE, SAMUEL S. HARDING. 

